What would you do? The name struggle is real. Poll included.

We decided on our little girls name around the 20 week mark. We love it. I have always wanted to name my children unique-ish names. Nothing crazy or unheard of, but I have never wanted there to be 3 other little girls sitting in each class room with the same name. It has recently come to my attention that the name we picked is becoming pretty popular. And trendy. I even recently saw it in a magazine as the name example on a blanket showing off how you could order it and have it monogrammed/personalized. Ugh. I love the name we picked. I really do. But I don't want her to be one of 8 girls on her team/class/friend circle with the same name. I don't. But I also don't want to change her name I am so conflicted because in my mind, this has been her name for the past several months. I also know it can easily be changed since she's obviously not here yet. Someone help.

Name popularity factored heavily into our decision. I also didn't want a trendy name. And then we picked a trendy name without realizing it. My daughter is Evelyn, and I keep meeting other Evelyns now even though I previously knew NONE. Oh well...I don't regret, we still love the name.

I picked the name Emily Katherine when I was still in grade school. I always wanted that name and my husband happened to like it as well (we have a horrid time agreeing on names). Nobody really used it when I was a kid. Now it's one of the most popular names for girls. We still used it and my daughter loves her name as much as her father and I do. She's only six but so far she doesn't care when she runs into someone else with her name. She just tells them it's her name too and she thinks it is really pretty.

My daughter's name is Emily, I labeled all her kindergarten stuff Emily K and told her to always write her name as Emily K so she doesn't get confused with another Emily. There isn't even another Emily in her school in kindergarten. There are girls with similar names, Emma and Emeri, but they all like to be friends and call themselves "The 3 E's". Don't even worry about it!

I have a very common name. At least when I was younger. Anyway, my parents still named me it whether it was popular or not because they liked it. It also never bothered me at all that I shared a name with half the girls in my class lol. I actually thought it was pretty neat. 2 of my best friends growing up also had the same name. One in elementary and another in college.

I would go to your state's ss site and see how common the name is in your specific state. I'm the same as you - I want unique but not TOO unique and I didnt want my DD (dear daughter) to be the one of 5 in her class. The struggle IS real! Haha

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